Eyeglasses.



M. HANSEN.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1912.

1,055,904, Patented Mar. 11,1913

WIN/8858 ing shown.

, UNITED STATES PATENT QEFIC v,

MABINIUS HANSEN, OF

- EYEGLASSES.

Specification or Lettersliatent Patented 171i 1 913.-

Application filed July 24, 912; seriaim; 711,242.

useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part hereof.-

It has been proposed heretofore to groove the edges of the lenses of eye glasses and spectacles for the reception of wires by which thelenses are secured to theframes, so that the eye glasses or spectacles shall have the appearance of rimless glasses or spectacles while the lenses are nevertheless protected by the wires from injury and are held firmly to the frame without danger of slipping or loosening. Thus far, however, there seems to have been produced nosuch eye glasses or spectacles which find favor as marketable articles. This is due undoubt-' edly to the fact that, prior to the'present' invent-ion, there have been devised-no satis factory'means for securing the Wires about the'lenses and to'the frame.

It is the object'of this invention, there.' fore, to provide satisfactory and etiicient means for thus securingthe wires-about the lenses and to the frame. The invention will befu'l ly explained here inafter with reference to the'accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of'a' por-' tion" of an'eye glass constructed in accordance with the invention, one l'ens'with its en circling wire and a portionof' the frame be Fig. 2 is a .detail'view, partly in section and on a much larger scale, to show the means for securing-the wire about the lens and to the frame. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the upper member of the strap and stud. Figs; 5 and 6 are detail views of the lower member of the strap and stud. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the end of the spring. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing a lens with the wire in position thereon, but without the stud. Fig. 9 is a partial section on the shorter diameter of the lens. Fig. 10 is a detail View showing a wire prepared for application to the lens of spectacles, the corresponding temple being also shown.

The lens a is formed substantially as usual except that it has in its edge a groove a, shown clearly'in'Fig. indicated Nnw ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, Assmnon TOZFERDIN'A'INDA-IP. HANSEN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW-560ml Figs. .2 and 8. Thegroove deepenough edge. The ends of the wire 6 are secured will now be described and withoutl'any twisting of the endsof thewire', prevents the wire from 'lyingsmoothly in the groove, and without any soldering, vvhichis liable toresult'in fracture of the lens.

The strap portion 0 of the'iipper strap and stud member a provided with 'a perforation c which is extended inwardly" through the strap 0' near its'upper end,'and with a transverse perforation a near the to receive a wire I) so that iti is 'nqc, ,c1ear1y visible except'when the lens is viewed on together and to the frame by means which,v

union of the strap portion 9' with the stud portion 0". tion at of the lower strap'and stud member (1, is provided near its extremity witha perforation d which is extendedinwardly and, near its union with the studportion'dfijwith 'a transverse perforation h The upper strap and's'tud member'cis p'rovided'with' a lug c which is p e erab y?. d h'r k -tapped, at"c to receive a ffsc're'wg The stud In like 'm'anner the strap porportion dof' the 's trap andstud niember d is provided with an aperture cl? toifit trio-'1 tion tight on the lug 0 The sp ing e h as wise'is providedwit'hanapertiire f" to fit 'upon the singlescre gi e l head 9'' larger than the lug' is threaded nto the lug, from the underside, 'cleai lv'sliown in Fig. 2, and serves aloneto hold all of the parts together without requiring t-he. us'e of any other screw.

the perforations in the corresponding strap member't and d'j,-'b'ein'g passed 'inw'ardly through the perforations c or d as the case may be and then outwardly through the perforations c or d as the case may be. The wire is thus secured firmly to the strap and stud members,.without twisting or soldering and without any liability to become Each end of the wire b is -passedfthrough" ilO in the aperture the lug will there remain without slipping. It is .then an easy matter to apply the spring and the guard and to insert the screw to bind all of the parts together, the screw being inserted from the underside of the stud and therefore always readily accessible regardless of the length of the stud and the form of the frame or";

spring.

If desired, slight depressions a maybe ground in the edge of the lens, at the bottom of the groove a, toreceive the slight bulge of the wire I) at the points where it passes through the perforations in the straps. y

The same construction is readily adapted .to spectacles, as will be apparent by examination of Fig. 10. As there shown, the wire I), which has its ends engaged with the frame as before, has at the other extremity of the major axis of the lens an eye b'which is formed by a single twist, the overlying portions being pressed together by pliers so that the eye is permanent.

To this eye is connected the temple h in any convenient manner. Obviously this eye might serve, if desired, for the attachment of a cord or chain as well as the temple.

It will now be seen not only that the lens is protected by a wire which is firmly secured in place about the lens and to .the frame, but that this is accomplished without any twisting of the wire at its ends and ing each a perforation into and through which the corresponding ends of the wire are passed. I

3. The combination with a lens, of a wire encircling the lens, strap members having.

each two perforations into and through which the corresponding ends of the wire are passed, and means to secure the strap members together.

., 4. The combination with a lens having a V groove in its edge, a wire encircling the lens in the groove, strap members to which the ends of the wire are secured, and means to secure the strap members together.

5. The combination with a lens having a groove in its edge,' a wire encircling the lens in the groove, strap members havi each two perforations into and through which the corresponding ends of the wire are passed, and means to secure the strap members together.

6. The combination with a lens of strap and stud members, the stud portion of one of said members having a lug and the stud portion of the other of .the strap and stud members havingan aperture to fit friction tight upon the lug.

7. The combination with a lens, of a wire encircling the lens, and strap and stud members to which the ends'of the wire are secured, the stud portion of one ofthe said members having :1 lug and the stud portion of the other of the strap and stud members having an aperture to fit friction tight upon said lug.

8. The combination with a lens, stud and strap members, a spring, one of the strap and stud members having a 111 while the other strap and stud member and the spring have each an aperture to fit the lug, and a single screw entering the lug and binding the parts together.

9. The. combination with a lens, a wire encircling the same, stud and strap members to which the ends of the wire are secured, a spring, one of the strap and stud members having a lug while the other strap and stud member and the springhave each an aperture to fit the lug, and a single screw enter: ing the lug and binding the parts together.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of July A. D., 1912.

' MABINIUS HANSEN.

i Signed in thepresence of J. C. LI'I'ILE, 

